SES
has been
able to
draw on
its
global
satellite
fleet of
over 50
geostationary
satellites
to
rapidly
restore
customers
capacity
following
a
significant
anomaly
affecting
the
AMC-9
satellite
on
Saturday
17 June
2017.

SES
immediately
engaged
with
customers
and was
able to
quickly
offer a
restoration
capacity
plan to
transfer
services
to
alternative
satellites
and
minimise
disruption.
By late
evening
on
Sunday
18 June
2017,
the
majority
of the
traffic
had
already
been
restored.

With
the
benefit
of its
global
satellite
network,
SES was
able to
adjust
its
fleet
deployment
plan and
offer
solutions
to
affected
customers
with the
use of
existing
assets.
SES is
currently
taking
steps to
relocate
additional
assets
to 83
degrees
West, to
support
customers’
requirements.

SES
continues
to work
with the
manufacturer
to
identify
the root
cause of
the
anomaly,
as well
as any
possible
options
to
recover
the
spacecraft.
Thanks
to the
restoration
plan,
the
potential
impact
on SES’s
full
year
2017
group
revenue
is
expected
to be
lower
than EUR
20
million,
which
includes
the
potential
reduction
in
available
fleet
transponders
for
future
commercialisation.
The
one-off
impairment
charge
is
expected
to be
EUR 38
million.

“SES
wishes
to thank
all of
its
affected
customers
for
their
understanding
and
cooperation.
In
addition,
SES
wishes
to thank
the FCC
for its
support
over the
weekend,
by
providing
the
necessary
approvals
to help
put in
effect
the
needed
solutions”
said
Martin
Halliwell,
SES
Chief
Technology
Officer.
“Beyond
AMC-9
status,
SES
continues
to work
towards
a long
term
plan of
capacity
replacement.”

“The
AMC-9
restoration
strategy
demonstrates
one of
the many
benefits
of
working
with a
satellite
operator
with a
large
global
fleet,”
said
Anand
Chari,
Gogo
Executive
Vice
President
and
Chief
Technology
Officer.
“All
networks,
satellite
and
terrestrial,
can
occasionally
suffer
such
rare
mishaps.
SES’s
ability
to
recover
so
quickly
and
effectively
is a
compelling
testament
to the
size and
flexibility
of its
fleet,
the
professionalism
of its
people,
and the
operational
processes
in place
to
ensure
the
resiliency
needed
to keep
businesses,
such as
Gogo,
running
seamlessly.”